Leah Jeruto

Leah Jeruto Silver, Steeplechase, Lead Image

Position:
Distance
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Elgeyo-Marakwet, Kenya

Program Outdoor Record Holder: Steeplechase (9:34.71), 2025
Program Indoor Record Holder: 5,000-meter run (15:46.33), 2025
2025 NCAA Outdoor First Team All-American (Steeplechase)
2025 NCAA West First Round Qualifier (Steeplechase)
2025 SEC Outdoor Championships Silver Medalist (Steeplechase)
2025 SEC Outdoor Championships Scorer (Steeplechase)
2025 SEC Indoor Championships Scorer (5,000m)
2025 Outdoor Second Team All-SEC
2025 First-Year SEC Honor Roll
2025 OU Athletics Jay Myers Award
2024-25 USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete

OU Outdoor Collegiate Bests:
800-meter: 2:08.53, 2025
1,500-meter: 4:13.77, 2025
Steeplechase: 9:34.71, 2025
5,000-meter: 15:46.33, 2025

OU Indoor Collegiate Bests:
Mile: 4:39.87, 2025
3,000-meter: 9:03.04, 2025
5,000-meter: 15:46.33, 2025

2026
(Outdoor) Competed in one meet … Took second in the 3000m Steeplechase at Raleigh Relays, logging a 9:57.41.

(Indoor) Competed in four meets … Clocked a 4:50.01 in the mile at the SEC Indoor Championships for 24th, also ran the DMR (11:26.15) for 13th place … Helped set a program record in the DMR with a time of 11:11.02 to finish fourth at the Arkansas Qualifier … Placed 10th in the 3000m with a time of 9:37.28 at the Tyson Invitation … Recorded a 15:55.33 in the 5000m at the BU Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener.

2025
(Outdoor) Competed in seven meets … Earned NCAA Outdoor First Team All-American with an eighth-place finish in the steeplechase (9:38.94) at the NCAA Outdoor Championships … Secured her entry to nationals with third place at NCAA West First Rounds in the steeplechase (9:58.74) … Collected a silver medal in the steeplechase at the SEC Outdoor Championships, clocking 9:53.93, also placed 24th in the 5,000m with a 16:30.71 time … Posted a PR of 2:09.53 in the 800m for second at the Horned Frog Invitational … Got the win in the steeplechase, shattering the school record with a 9:34.71 time at the Bryan Clay Invitational, also registered a career-best 4:13.77 in the 1,500m for second … Secured first in the steeplechase (10:01.10) at the John Jacobs Invitational … Finished runner-up in the 5,000m (16:00.19) at Texas Relays …

(Indoor) Competed in four meets … Scored for the Sooners with a school-record 15:46.33 5,000-meter time for fifth place at the SEC Indoor Championships, also finished ninth in the 3,000m (9:18.78) … Posted two PRs at the Tyson Invitational Feb. 14, earning third in the mile (4:39.87) and fourth in the 3,000m (9:03.04) … Clocked 9:11.82 in the 3,000m for seventh place at the Razorback Invitational … Opened the indoor season with a win in the mile (4:43.64) at the Red Raider Invitational …

INTERNATIONAL
2024 African Championships 3,000-meter steeplechase bronze medalist … Finished fifth at Kenya’s Olympic Trials with a 9:53.92 time in the 3000m.